Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm John L. Thompson
  • Patent number: 6669051
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for the high speed dispensing of all beverages, and particularly carbonated beverages. The major elements of the device include a main flow control valve (3) coupled to a pressurized container (1) such as a beer keg, a positive shut-off filling nozzle (10), a pressure control valve (7) associated with the filling nozzle, and requisite control electronics and actuators to establish a dispenser operating sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Niagara Pump Corporation
    Inventors: Iver J. Phallen, Douglas N. Vogt, Robert Comfort, Richard J. Jezuit, Jr., David C. Messing, Scott McIlhagga, David J. Carroll
  • Patent number: 6382967
    Abstract: A dental apparatus has a display and an actuating device for selecting and activating operating programs for operating the dental apparatus. The display has a tooth schematic that is divided into indicator fields. The indicator fields may be distributed over a plurality of teeth so that each indicator field represents one tooth or may be used to indicate certain locations of an individual tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG.
    Inventors: Gottfried Rohner, Bruno Senn
  • Patent number: 6139318
    Abstract: A color key for selecting a proper color for artificial teeth has a base with receiving sockets and insert members having a first end and a second end. The first end is receivable in the sockets. Sample elements are provided whereby each one of the insert elements has one of the sample elements connected to the second end. The sample elements consist of and are produced in the same manner as the dental replacements. The sample elements have a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface has a texture matching the texture of a natural tooth and a curvature matching the curvature of a natural tooth. The second surface is flat and smooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventor: Hanspeter Foser